Re: cron.allow and cron.deny

by default root is the only account set to run anything in cron

On 9/11/06, Bill Tangren <bjt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I am required to limit access to the cron daemon using these two files. My
question is, which system accounts need access to cron, other than root?

Thanks!

Bill Tangren

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